Picture-frame for monuments



(No Model.)

0. G.-KNIGHT.

PIGTURE FRAME 011 MONUMENTS. No. 269,429. Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

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CHARLES G. KNIGHT, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

PICTURE-FRAME FOR MONUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,429, dated December19, 1882. Application filed March 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. KNIGHT, a

Y citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in thecountyof Franklin and State of Ohio, have. invented a new and valuableImprovement in Picture-Frames for Monuments; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstrurtion and operation of the same, reference being bad to theannexed drawings, making a part 0t this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is arepresentation ofa. front or face view ofmy improved picture-frame, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe same.

This invention has relation to metallic encasements or picture-holdersfor tombstones and vaults; and it consists in the novel construction andarrangementot parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates a rim-case, ofelliptical or other form, having projecting from its margin perforatedportions b, through which fastening screws or pins 0 are passed intocement-filled recesses in the face or the tombstone, thereby permanentlysecuring the case in position. The rim-case a is formed with an innerledge or shoulder, d, on which the glass 0 is supported and around whichextends an innerprojecting edge walhg, forming the inner wall of theannular recess h, which is formed in the back of the rim. The edge wall,9, serves asa seat for the rear cap-plate, k, which is made with anoverlapping rim, designed to fit over said edge wall, thereby coveringin securely the glass and the picture, which is placed in the recessback of the glass. The glass is socured on the ledge d by means ofplaster-ofparis or other cement, the behind the glass, and held theretoby the capplate It, closing over the edge wall, 9. Aheavy convex frontcover-plate, m, is pivoted to the rim-case by means ofa headed rivet, n,which extends through the rim into the rear recess, h. Projections orstuds 8 are formed in the recess h, and serve to aid in holding thecement or plaster with which the recess is entirely filled after thepicture is in position and duly protected by the rear cap-plate. Thefront plate serves to protect the glass from being broken, and defendsthe picture from the action of the direct rays of the sun.

Having described this invention, what I- claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1S-

In a picture-holder for tombstones and the like, the combination, withthe rim a, having the perforated projections b, the inner ledge orshoulder, d, and the inner-projecting edge wall, g, forming the recessh, of the glass 6, cemented to the shoulder d, and the cap-plate k,fitting the edge wall, g, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the aboveI have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES GODFREY KNIGHT.

Witnesses R. ROLLO GRANT, F. W. ARNOLD.

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